The scandinavian brown bear research project

THE SCANDINAVIAN BROWN BEAR RESEARCH PROJECT

Publications to 1. january 2018

Summary:
A) Publications in peer-reviewed journals		241	in press	5
B) Books and book chapters	12
C) Papers in nonrefereed publications	22
D) Completed student theses	129
E) Rapports to management agencies, etc	142
F) Popular publications	88
entries in total	634

A) Publications in peer-reviewed journals

A1 Bjärvall, A. and F. Sandegren. 1987. Early experiences with the first radio-marked bears in Sweden. Proceedings of the International Conference on Bear Research and Management 7:9-12.

A2 Bjärvall, A. 1990. The brown bear in Sweden. Aquilo Ser. Zool. 27:17-19

A3 Bjärvall, A., F. Sandegren, and P. Wabakken. 1990. Large home ranges and possible early sexual maturity in Scandinavian bears. Proceedings of the International Conference on Bear Research and Management 8:237-241.

A4 Swenson, J. E., F. Sandegren, A. Bjärvall, A. Söderberg, P. Wabakken, and R. Franzén. 1994. Size, trend, distribution and conservation of the brown bear Ursus arctos population in Sweden. Biological Conservation 70:9-17.

A5 Swenson, J. E., P. Wabakken, F. Sandegren, A. Bjärvall, R. Franzén, and A. Söderberg. 1995. The near extinction and recovery of brown bears in Scandinavia in relation to the bear management policies of Norway and Sweden. Wildlife Biology 1:11-25.

A6 Taberlet, P., J. E. Swenson, F. Sandegren, and A. Bjärvall. 1995. Localization of a contact zone between two highly divrgent mitochondrial DNA lineages of the brown bear Ursus arctos in Scandinavia. Conservation Biology 9:1255-1261.

A7 Swenson, J. E., F. Sandegren, A. Söderberg, and R. Franzén. 1995. Estimating the total weight of Scandinavian brown bears from field-dressed and slaughter weights. Wildlife Biology 1:177-179.

A8 Swenson, J. E. and F. Sandegren. 1996. Sustainable brown bear harvest in Sweden estimated from hunter-provided information. J. Wildl. Res. 1:228-231.

A9 Swenson, J. E. and S. Wikan. 1996. A population estimate for brown bears in Finnmark County, North Norway. Fauna norvegica Ser. A. 17:11-15.

A10 Sagør, J. T., J. E. Swenson, and E. Røskaft. 1997. Compatibility of brown bear Ursus arctos and free-ranging sheep in Norway. Biological Conservation 81:91-95.

A11 Swenson, J. E., F. Sandegren, A. Söderberg, A. Bjärvall, R. Franzén, and P. Wabakken. 1997. Infanticide caused by hunting of male bears. Nature 386:450-451.

A12 Swenson, J. E., F. Sandegren, S. Brunberg, and P. Wabakken. 1997. Winter den sites abandonment by brown bears Ursus arctos: causes and consequences. Wildlife Biology 3:35-38.

A13 Linnell, J. D. C., R. Aanes, J. E. Swenson, J. Odden, and M. E. Smith. 1997. Translocation of carnivores as a method for managing problem animals: a review. Biodiversity and Conserv. 6:1245-1257.

A14 Swenson, J. E., R. Franzén, P. Segerström, and F. Sandegren. 1998. The age of self-sufficiency in Scandinavian brown bears. Acta Theriologica 43:213-218.

A15 Swenson, J. E., F. Sandegren, A. Bjärvall, and P. Wabakken. 1998. Living with success: research needs for an expanding brown bear population. Ursus 10:17-24.

A16 Swenson, J. E., F. Sandegren, and A. Söderberg. 1998. Geographic expansion of an increasing brown bear population: evidence for presaturation dispersal. Journal of Animal Ecology 67:819-826.

A17 Dahle, B., O. J. Sørensen, E. H. Wedul, J. E. Swenson and F. Sandegren. 1998. The diet of brown bears Ursus arctos in central Scandinavia: effect of access to free-ranging domestic sheep Ovis aries. Wildlife Biology 4:147-158.

A18 Sæther, B. E., S. Engen, J. E. Swenson, Ø. Bakke, and F. Sandegren. 1998. Assessing the viability of Scandinavian brown bear, Ursus arctos, populations: the effects of uncertain parameter estimates. Oikos 83:403-416.

A19 Tryland, M, T. Sandvik, J. M. Arnemo, G. Stuve, Ø. Olsvik, and T. Traavik. 1998. Antibodies against orthopoxviruses in wild carnivores from Fennoscandia. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 34:443-450.

A20 Swenson, J. E., K. Wallin, G. Ericsson, G. Cederlund, and F. Sandegren. 1999. Effects of ear tagging on survival of moose calves. Journal of Wildlife Management 63:354-358.

A21 Swenson, J. E., F. Sandegren, A. Söderberg, M. Heim, O. J. Sørensen, A. Bjärvall, R. Franzén, S. Wikan, and P. Wabakken. 1999. Interactions between brown bears and humans in Scandinavia. Biosphere Conservation 2:1-9.

A22 Tufto, J., B.-E. Sæther, S. Engen, J. E. Swenson & F. Sandegren. 1999. Harvesting strategies for conserving minimum viable populations based on World Conservation Union criteria: brown bears in Norway. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 266:961-967.

A23 Swenson, J. E., A. Jansson., R. Riig, and F. Sandegren. 1999. Bears and ants: myrmecophagy by brown bears in central Scandinavia. Canadian Journal of Zoology 77:551-561.

A24 Linnell, J. C. D., J. Odden, M. E. Smith, R. Aanes, and J. E. Swenson. 1999. Large carnivores that kill livestock: do «problem animals» really exist? Wildlife Society Bulletin 27:698-705.

A25 Matson, G. M., H. E. Casquilho-Gray, J. D. Paynich, V. G. Barnes, Jr., H. V. Reynolds III, and J. E. Swenson. 1999. Cementum annuli are unreliable reproductive indicators in female brown bears. Ursus 11:275-280.

A26 Swenson, J. E. 1999. Does hunting affect the behavior of brown bears in Eurasia? Ursus 11:157-162.

A27 Linnell, J. D. C., B. Barnes, J. E. Swenson, and R. Andersen. 2000. How vulnerable are denning bears to disturbance? Wildlife Society Bulletin 28:400-413

A28 Waits, L., P. Taberlet, J. E. Swenson, F. Sandegren, and R. Franzén. 2000. Nuclear DNA microsatellite analysis of genetic diversity and gene flow in the Scandinavian brown bear (Ursus arctos). Molecular Ecology 9:421-431.

A29 Linnell, J. D. C., J. E. Swenson, and R. Andersen. 2000. Conservation of biodiversity in Scandinavian boreal forests: large carnivores as flagships, umbrellas, indicators, or keystones? Biodiversity and Conservation 9: 857-868

A30 Smith, M. E., J. D. C. Linnell, J. Odden, and J. E. Swenson. 2000. Review of Methods to reduce livestock depredation: I. Guardian animals. Acta Agriculturæ Scandinavica Section A, Animal Science 50: 279-290.

A31 Smith, M. E., J. D. C. Linnell, J. Odden, and J. E. Swenson. 2000. Review of Methods to reduce livestock depredation: II. Aversive conditioning, deterrents and repellents. Acta Agriculturæ Scandinavica Section A, Animal Science 50: 304-315.

A32 Berger, J., J. E. Swenson, and I.-L. Persson. 2001. Recolonizing carnivores and naïve prey: conservation lessons from Pleistocene extinctions. Science 291: 1036-1039.

A33 Persson, I.-L., S. Wikan, J. E. Swenson, and I. Mysterud. 2001. The diet of the brown bear in the Pasvik, Valley, northeastern Norway. Wildlife Biology 7: 27-37.

A34 Linnell, J. D. C., J. E. Swenson, and R. Andersen. 2001. Predators and people: conservation of large carnivores is possible at high human densities if management policy is favourable. Animal Conservation 4: 345-349.

A35 Friebe, A., J. E. Swenson, and F. Sandegren. 2001. Denning chronology of female brown bears (Ursus arctos) in central Sweden. Ursus 12: 37-46.

A36 Swenson, J. E., F. Sandegren, S. Brunberg, and P. Segerström. 2001. Factors associated with loss of brown bear cubs in Sweden. Ursus 12: 69-80.

A37 Zedrosser, A., B. Dahle, J. E. Swenson, and N. Gerstl. 2001. Status and management of the brown bear in Europe. Ursus 12: 9-20.

A38 Swenson, J. E., B. Dahle, and F. Sandegren. 2001. Intraspecific predation in Scandinavian brown bears older than cubs-of-the-year. Ursus 12: 81-92.

A39 Waits, L., G. Luikart, and P. Taberlet. 2001. Estimating the probability of identity among genotypes in natural populations: cautions and guidelines. Molecular Ecology 10:249-256.

A40 Cercueil, A., Bellemain, E., and Manel, S. 2002. PARENTE: A software package for parentage analysis. Journal of Heredity 93: 458-459.

A41 Dahle, B. and J. E. Swenson. 2003. Family break-up in brown bears: are young forced to leave? Journal of Mammalogy 84:536-540.

A42 Dahle B, and J. E. Swenson. 2003. Seasonal range size in relation to reproductive strategies in brown bears Ursus arctos. Journal of Animal Ecology 72:660-667.

A43 Dahle, B., and J. E. Swenson. 2003. Home ranges in adult Scandinavian brown bears Ursus arctos: effect of mass, sex, reproductive category, population density and habitat type. Journal of Zoology, London 260:329-335.

A44 Dahle, B., and J. E. Swenson. 2003. Factors influencing length of maternal care in brown bears (Ursus arctos) and its effect on offspring. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 54:352-358.

A45 Schwartz, C. C., K. A. Keating, H. V. Reynolds, III, V. G. Barnes, Jr., R. Sellers, J. E. Swenson, S. D. Miller, B. N. McLellan, J. Keay, R. McCann, M. Gibeau, W. Wakkinen, R. D. Mace, W. Kasworm, R. Smith and S. Herrero. 2003. Reproductive maturation and senescence in the female brown bear. Ursus 14:109-119.

A46 Schwartz, C. C., J. E. Swenson, and S. M. Miller. 2003. Large carnivores, moose and humans: a changing paradigm of predator management in the 21^st century. Alces. 39:41-63. (Invited paper)

A47 Manel, S., E. Bellemain, J. E. Swenson and O. François. 2004. Assumed and inferred spatial structure of populations: the Scandinavian brown bears revisited. Molecular Ecology 13:1327-1331.

A48 Piggott, M. P., E. Bellemain, P. Taberlet and A. C. Taylor. 2004. A multiplex pre-amplification method that significantly improves microsatellite amplification and error rates for faecal DNA in limiting conditions. Conservation Genetics 5:417-420.

A49 Zedrosser, A., Rauer, G., and Kruckenhauser, L. 2004. Early primiparity in brown bears. Acta Theriologica 49:427-432.

A50 Bonin, A., E. Bellemain, P. Bronken Eidesen, F. Pompanon, C. Brochmann, and P. Taberlet. 2004. How to track and assess genotyping errors in population genetics studies. Molecular Ecology 13:3261-3273.

A51 Bellemain, E. and P. Taberlet. 2004. Improved noninvasive genotyping method: application to brown bear (Ursus arctos) faeces. Molecular Ecology Notes 4:519-522.

A52 Tallmon, D. A., E. Bellemain, J. E. Swenson, and P. Taberlet. 2004. Genetic monitoring of Scandianvian brown bear: effective population size and immigration. Journal of Wildlife Management 68:960-965.

A53 Bellemain, E., J. E. Swenson, D. Tallmon, S. Brunberg and P. Taberlet. 2005. Estimating population size of elusive animals using DNA from hunter-collected feces: comparing four methods for brown bears. Conservation Biology 19:150-161.

A54 Manchi, S. and J. E. Swenson. 2005. Denning behaviour of male Scandinavian brown bears (Ursus arctos). Wildlife Biology 11:123-132.

A55 Støen, O.-G., E. Bellemain, S. Sæbø, and J. E. Swenson. 2005. Kin-related spatial structure in brown bears Ursus arctos. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 59:191-197.

A56 Ågren, E., A. Söderberg and T. Mörner. 2005. Fallot’s tetralogy in a European brown bear (Ursus arctos). Journal of Wildlife Diseases 41:825-828.

A57 Zedrosser, A. and J. E. Swenson. 2005. Do brown bear litter sizes reported by the public reflect litter sizes obtained by scientific methods? Wildlife Society Bulletin. 33:1352-1356.

A58 Solberg, K. H., E. Bellemain, O.-M. Drageset, P. Taberlet and J. E. Swenson. 2006. An evaluation of field and non-invasive genetic methods to estimate brown bear (Ursus arctos) population size. Biological Conservation 128:158-168.

A59 Bellemain, E., Zedrosser, A., S. Manel, L. P. Waits, and Swenson, J. E. 2006. The dilemma of female mate selection in the brown bear, a species with sexually selected infanticide. Proceedings of the Royal Society London, Series B. 273 283 – 291.

A60 Bellemain, E., J. E. Swenson and P. Taberlet. 2006. Mating strategies in relation to sexually selected infanticide in a non-social carnivore: the brown bear. Ethology 112:238-246.

A61 Arnemo, J. M., P. Ahlqvist, R. Andersen, F. Berntsen, G. Ericsson, J. Odden, S. Brunberg, P. Segerström, and J. E. Swenson. 2006. Risk of capture-related mortality in large free-ranging mammals: experiences from Scandinavia. Wildlife Biology 12:109-113.

A62 Zedrosser, A., Dahle, B., and Swenson, J.E. 2006. Population density and food conditions determine adult female size in brown bears. Journal of Mammalogy 87: 510-518.

A63 Katajisto, J. & Moilanen, A. 2006. Kernel-based home range method for data with irregular sampling intervals. Ecological Modelling 194:405-413.

A64 Støen O.-G., A. Zedrosser, S. Sæbø, and J. E. Swenson. 2006. Inversely density-dependent natal dispersal in brown bears Ursus arctos.. Oecologia 148:356-364.

A65 Dahle, B., Zedrosser, A., Swenson, J. E. 2006. Correlates with body size and mass in yearling brown bears. Journal of Zoology 269:273-283.